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This stock’s special dividend has been delayed. So why are analysts still keen on it?
SINGAPORE (Nov 14): RHB Research has maintained its “buy” rating on Silverlake Axis, even after the group’s special dividend from its sale of Global InfoTech (GIT) is expected to be delayed to 2QFY17.
November 14, 2016
Central banks need to stop living in a fantasy world
SINGAPORE (Nov 7): Central banks have been largely ineffective in creating credit within their economies despite repeated efforts at tweaking their monetary policy, and Huw van Steenis, the Global Head of Strategy at Schroders, thinks he might know the re
November 07, 2016
Broker's Calls
This analyst isn’t buying the banks' results. Should you?
SINGAPORE (Nov 7): Maybank Kim Eng is maintaining its “negative” recommendation on Singapore banks, in anticipation of further asset quality deterioration, even as the local lenders have focused on revenue generation in 3QFY16.
November 07, 2016
NPLs for Singapore banks have gone up, but credit profiles stay strong: Fitch
SINGAPORE (Nov 1): The three local lenders, DBS Bank, United Overseas Bank and Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation - with their combined oil and gas exposure of $47.3 billion at end Sept - saw falling asset quality from their oil and gas exposure for 3QFY
November 01, 2016
Bank of Russia head sees bigger challenge than rates for lenders
BLOOMBERG (Oct 14): Preoccupied by ultra-low interest rates in much of the industrialised world, the financial industry risks being blindsided by an even bigger challenge, according to Russian central bank Governor Elvira Nabiullina.
October 14, 2016
How Singapore’s not-really-rich have been burned by Swiber bonds
SINGAPORE (Sept 20): When Elaine Tham signed an “accredited investor” form with her bank in Singapore two years ago, she took a fateful step toward losing all the money she had set aside for her children’s education.
September 20, 2016
Broker's Calls
UOB’s digital efforts lead the pack but watch out for costs
SINGAPORE (Sept 19): United Overseas Bank’s (UOB) is leading the pack when it comes to digital banking among the three local lenders.
September 19, 2016
Singapore financial services sector can be global blockchain leader
SINGAPORE (Sept 14): Singapore’s financial services sector has what it takes to be a global leader in the adoption of blockchain technology.
September 14, 2016
Banks said to split from investors on Hong Kong’s IPO overhaul
HONG KONG (Sept 8): A plan to change how Hong Kong’s initial public offerings are screened is pitting the city’s securities firms against some of the world’s biggest money managers.
September 08, 2016
Investors continue to love Asian markets, but not equally
SINGAPORE (Aug 26): Asian equities and mutual funds continue to enjoy immense popularity among investors around the world, as seen from the latest foreign institutional investor (FII) flow figures reported by HSBC Global Research, which measure net flows
August 26, 2016